Bunions Day 9

Day 9

I am still in pain, but I’m at least not taking oxycodone any longer.  At least not most days.  Most days I stay on a routine of Tylenol every 4 hours, along with gabapentin and cyclobenzapene 3 times a day.

This morning I made a mistake.  I was hopping down the stairs on one foot and I lost my balance and landed full on my surgery foot.  It zinged and shot pain up my leg.   I really hope I didn’t do any damage.  I’ve read that the people who do best on this surgery are the ones who truly do stay off their foot for the first two weeks.  I’ve done so well until now and I’m hoping this one incident doesn’t hurt my progress.

I’m going to be real.   Bunion surgery HURTS.  I mean HURTS.  There is no question about that.  I do feel this is the longest lasting pain I’ve ever experienced.

I’ve taken all the pain meds this morning that I can, and I still have a nagging pain in my big toe and my ankle.  If I wiggle my toes, the toe pain worsens and feels like my toe is swollen and double it’s size.  But I can’t really see it yet.